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How to increase the open rate of your newsletter?
Last November we discussed how a newsletter can help your e-business. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the subject, and in particular, the open rate for your newsletter. This rate represents the...
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Implementation of Debugging Tools with PrestaShop
By Alain Folletete – Lead Developer PrestaShop During the development stage, developers often need to « debug » by posting, for instance, the status of a variable at any given time (t). Any developer...
View ArticleInterview with Jeckyl – Registered Freelance for PrestaShop
This month, we met with Tanguy JACQUET, alias Jeckyl. For nearly 4 years now, he has been an important member of the community with over 10 000 posts on the forum. He is also a registered freelance...
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How can I increase my sales during the summer holidays?
Summer holidays are on their way! It’s time to dig out your flip flops and sunblock…but also prepare yourself for a dip in the number of visitors to your e-shop. As everyone knows, summer is a fairly...
View ArticleVideo: What’s New in PrestaShop v1.5 RC1?
Since making the release candidate version of 1.5 public, various members of the PrestaShop Community have expressed a desire to know more about our new software and some of the features it houses....
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Correct Method to Create a Site Compatible with All Web Browsers
In theory, a website must be compatible with all main web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opéra). In practice, it is slightly more complex. Indeed, each web browser interprets...
View ArticleBest Practices for the Class Db with PrestaShop v1.5
By Raphaël Malié – Core Developer, PrestaShop Most modules and developments on PrestaShop require you to use or enter information on a database. Any developer sees the core DB class as an essential...
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PrestaShop Places AFIX Poster Display Front and Center
AFIX Poster Display is an eco-friendly Canadian-based company that sells elegant, light weight, highly functional aluminum framed media displays designed to enhance company messages. Their commitment...
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Importance of the “About Us” page
To be successful in the world of e-commerce, your website needs to be fully functional, beautiful and filled with important information. And while most take the time to make their homepage and product...
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A Few Design Tips: Technical Recommendations
The success of an online store depends on a coherent and faultless design, which is why this month we bring to you a few technical tips for a great design. To share your creation easily (designer,...
View ArticleTake an Inside look at PrestaShop Modules
I. Module Installation and Configuration a. Enhance your PrestaShop store with Modules You’ve probably noticed that the instant you install PrestaShop, it comes fully equipped with a variety of...
View ArticleCustom URL Routing for PrestaShop Modules
PrestaShop v1.5 revolutionized the way you control and customize URLs. From Friendly URLs, to customized URL routing, PrestaShop is the e-commerce software on the forefront of URL capabilities. In...
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Optimize your Performances with CSS Sprites
Everybody wants to maximize their store’s loading speed. In this need for speed era, every second counts to retain customers from bouncing off your page to your competitor’s store. Images usually take...
View ArticleDynamic Hooks with the __call() Method
Original article written by Vincent Augagneur-Core Developer Translated to English by Benjamin Utterack-Community Manager When developing a module for PrestaShop that appears in different locations, or...
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HTTP 500 Internal Server Error – Explained and Solved
We’ve all seen it. As common as it is infamous, the dreaded HTTP 500-Internal Server Error will turn an online-store owner’s smile to a confused frown with one click. The harbinger of lost sales, it...
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Utilize the php.ini file to Optimize your Ecommerce Store
With over 135,000 stores online, spanning all corners of the globe, imagine the number of PrestaShop installations on different and unique webservers. Different webhosts have various configurations for...
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Your PrestaShop Store is twice as fast with Zend OPcache
Article by Damien Metzger – CTO at PrestaShop Following the release of PHP 5.5 a few days ago, I decided to look at the Zend OPcache extension which is now available without using PECL anymore. The...
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5 Must-Know Rules before Putting Your Store into Production
Did you know that there are several options in your Back-Office that actually should NOT be enabled for your Live store? In most cases, before putting a store into production, you will go through a...
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How to Manually Back Up MySQL Database and PrestaShop Files
This article is part of our Guest Blogger Series. Its content was created by Lesley Paone, a PrestaShop Global Forum Moderator (Dh42) and the owner of Nashville-based Designhaus 42. How to Manually...
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HTTP 404 Not Found Error – How to fix it
A 404 Not Found Error can mean big trouble for an online store and it’s customers. Sales and customer satisfaction will drop. It is lose-lose situation in Ecommerce. Now, because I know you all are...
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